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Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,743 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,743 m of the 2,497 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 369 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 21 minutes and covered a distance of 5 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A319, then departed from runway 05R at KLCK Rickenbacker International Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,446 meters, which accounted for 39% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 169 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 0°C, with a wind speed of 7 knots at a direction of 30°. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 7 knots. The aircraft began its enroute climb 1 mile northeast of KLCK Rickenbacker International Airport, Columbus, Ohio, and climbed from an altitude of 1,761 feet above sea level to 10,377 feet above sea level, an increase of 8,616 feet in just 3 minutes. The climb covered a distance of 14 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 2 miles west of the 7B4 Miller Farm Landing Strip in Baltimore, Ohio. This phase lasted for 9 minutes and covered a distance of 42 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 3 miles south of Killbuck, Ohio, and descended from an altitude of 10,390 feet above sea level to 4,657 feet above sea level, a decrease of 5,733 feet in 5 minutes. The descent covered a distance of 24 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 3 miles east of Kidron, Ohio, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent overhead Brewster, Ohio, and descended from an altitude of 4,650 feet above sea level to 2,519 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,131 feet in 4 minutes. The descent covered a distance of 9 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 05 at KCAK Akron Canton Regional Airport was made from the southwest, with a heading of 47.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,328 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 05, which had a length of 2,497 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 132 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 369 meters, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 131 knots. The touchdown rate was firm at -318 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of -1°C, with a wind speed of 3 knots at a direction of 70°. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 3 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,660 meters, which accounted for 66% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 106 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 34 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 1,308 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A319 successfully landed at KCAK Akron Canton Regional Airport, achieving a high score of 98.4%. The aircraft approached the runway from the southwest, heading 47.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,328 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot executed a precise final approach, aligning the aircraft with the runway threshold.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on runway 05, which has a length of 2,497 meters. The threshold height was satisfactory, and the threshold speed was maintained at 132 knots, indicating a well-executed landing. The touchdown distance of 369 meters was also within acceptable limits. However, the touchdown speed of 131 knots was slightly higher than desired, suggesting a minor deviation from the optimal landing speed.
The aircraft's descent rate was firm at -318 feet per minute (fpm), which is a typical rate for a commercial airliner. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained a stable and controlled approach. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of -1°C and a wind speed of 3 knots from a direction of 70°. The crosswind component was minimal at 1 knot, while the headwind component was 3 knots, which helped to stabilize the aircraft during the landing.
The total landing distance of 1,660 meters was 66% of the runway length, which is a reasonable distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, indicating that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the post-landing phase. Overall, the landing was executed smoothly and safely, with only minor deviations from the optimal landing parameters.
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